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Shelby Thevenot
Shelby has lived across Canada. She grew up near Winnipeg, Manitoba then obtained her B.F.A in Multidisciplinary Fine Arts at the University of Lethbridge in Lethbridge, Alberta. In 2014 she moved to Montreal, Quebec to study French and thrived in the Visual Journalism Graduate Diploma program at Concordia University. Now she works at iNFO News where she strives to get the stories that matter to the Okanagan Valley community.
Member of:
The Professional Writers Association of Canada
Quebec Writers Federation
English Language Arts Network
‘Don’t talk to each other:’ Inside Manitoba’s child protection hearings
WINNIPEG – A nervous father walks into a courtroom and sits down. Over the next…
Metis veterans from Second World War awaiting apology from federal government
OTTAWA – The vice president of the Metis National Council is urging Veterans Affairs Minister…
Looking for forever home; Kamloops SPCA pet of the week
KAMLOOPS — This large cat had a rough past before coming to the Kamloops SPCA.…
Timeline of the deadly Ethiopian Airlines crash
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – The news shattered more than two years of relative calm in…
A list of the 35 nationalities killed in Ethiopia crash
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Citizens from 35 countries were killed when an Ethiopian Airlines plane…
Carleton professor among 18 Canadians killed in Ethiopian Airlines crash
A Carleton University professor was one of 18 Canadians killed Sunday in an Ethiopian Airlines…
B.C.’s plans to expand civil forfeiture program called unconstitutional
VANCOUVER – Eight years have passed since David Lloydsmith learned British Columbia's Civil Forfeiture Office…
iN VIDEO: Boeing sending technical team to site of deadly Ethiopian plane crash
Boeing says it is sending a technical team to the site of the crash of…
Ontario professor studies the science behind spark in microwaved grapes
Aaron Slepkov and his buddies first tossed grapes into a microwave back in the mid-1990s.…
‘A matter of principle:’ Family of slain CFL player files lawsuit against bar
CALGARY – The family of a pro football player gunned down outside a Calgary bar…
Eighteen Canadians among 157 people killed in Ethiopian Airlines plane crash
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his thoughts are with the victims of a deadly Ethiopian…
UK official says EU playing games over Brexit
LONDON – With tensions escalating, Britain's House of Commons leader said Saturday that European Union…
Canada opens World Rugby Sevens event in Vancouver with 38-7 loss to Samoa
VANCOUVER – Canada started the HSBC World Rugby Sevens tournament in Vancouver on the wrong…
TRENDING NOW: Domino effect
Somebody set up these "dominos" from small to humongous, and then gave them a little…
R. Kelly: ‘We’re going to straighten all this stuff out’
CHICAGO – R. Kelly walked out of a Chicago jail on Saturday after someone who…
Wanted: More pastures for West’s overpopulated wild horses
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – If you ever wished to gaze at a stomping, snorting, neighing panorama…
Hold the bacon: more Quebec sugar shacks offering vegetarian, vegan options
MONTREAL – As the sugaring-off season begins, thousands of Quebecers will head to a cabane…
Transat flight from Montreal makes emergency landing in New Jersey
MONTREAL – Some 189 Air Transat passengers travelling from Montreal to Florida had a few…
Armed robbery at illegal cannabis retailer in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS — Kamloops RCMP are searching for two suspects who allegedly robbed an illegal cannabis…
Suspect surrenders, hostages unharmed after armed siege in Quebec bank
MONTREAL – A man who surrendered to police after a hostage-taking in a Quebec bank…
Quebec’s major police forces working under cloud of suspicion after suspensions, leaks
MONTREAL – The past two years have not been easy for Quebec's three major police…
UPDATE: Kamloops RCMP remove man in distress from residence
KAMLOOPS – A man in the Kamloops rural area who was threatening to harm himself…
Time on his hands: John Scott changes the time on Toronto’s clock towers
Every spring and fall, John Scott climbs up clock towers across Toronto to change time.…
PMO denies Trudeau was hostile toward Liberal MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes
OTTAWA – An official with the prime minister's office says Justin Trudeau had "emotional" conversations…